Is 8-Bit good in Brawl Stars?

8-Bit has a 52.7% adjusted win rate and a 0.9% pick rate over 5,866 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.

What is the best mode for 8-Bit?

8-Bit performs best in Last Stand, with a 33.8% raw win rate over 872 sampled battles there.

What is the best map for 8-Bit?

Island Of Finality (Wipeout) is where 8-Bit has the strongest sampled record, at 86.3% over 102 battles.

Cosmo, Ziggy, Draco pull 8-Bit furthest below its own 50.3% average in sampled team battles.

What star powers and gadgets does 8-Bit have?

8-Bit has Boosted Booster and Plugged In as star powers and Cheat Cartridge and Extra Credits as gadgets.

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Super Rare

Damage DealerB tierMeta score6.3/10

8-Bit build, stats and matchups

Most 8-Bit owners buy the Extra Credits gadget and the Boosted Booster star power first. 8-Bit has a 52.7% adjusted win rate and 0.9% pick rate over 5,866 sampled battles, B tier in Ranked, as of 13 October 2026.

An arcade game famous for its brutal difficulty, 8-Bit always hated its players. Now that it's missing one of its guns, it's angrier than ever before.

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The build owners run

Why, and what else

Star powerboosted booster50.3% of owners
Gadgetextra credits50.2% of owners
Geardamage31.4% of owners
Gearshield23.8% of owners

Combat stats

Power 1 values from the wiki, before gears and star powers. Health and damage double at Power 11; reload, range and speed do not change.

Health: 5200; 10,400 at Power 11
Damage per beam: 340; 680 at Power 11
Super health: 2800; 5,600 at Power 11
Reload: 1.35s; Very Fast
Range: 10; Very Long
Speed: 600; Very Slow

Hits to Super: 15; from empty, all hits landing
Super charge: 6.67%; per hit · 6 per attack
Hypercharge boost: 30%; speed, damage and shield

Build & upgrades

What 8-Bit's kit does, and what owners spend their coins on first.

What owners bought and how it has gone for them.How to read this

What owners bought is popularity — the game's API reports what a player has unlocked, never what they took into a match. How it has gone is the win rate among the players who made each choice, which covers the ability and the kind of player who picks it together. Neither is a recommendation from us: BrawlZone does not rank 8-Bit's kit, and nothing here is an opinion about what you should buy.

Star power bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.

boosted boosterMost picked62.2% win rate56.1% of first buyers · 928 players
plugged in61.7% win rate43.9% of first buyers · 726 players

Gadget bought first

Building

Among owners who have only one so far. Win rates cover the choice and the chooser together.

extra creditsMost picked61.3% win rate54.2% of first buyers · 919 players
cheat cartridge62.5% win rate45.8% of first buyers · 778 players

Read from 3,351 first-buyers

Counted from tracked players who own exactly one of the pair: they chose it, and every battle they played on this brawler was played with it, so this measures a decision rather than ownership. It is not a controlled comparison. Which option a player bought is their own choice, so each win rate covers the ability and the kind of player who picks it together. Owning one option does not make two groups otherwise alike, and nothing here separates the two. Read it as how it has gone for the people who bought each one — not as what the ability will do to your win rate.

Gears owners buy

Gears cost coins and you can only run two, so what owners have bought is a real preference.

damage40.7% of owners31.4%of picks
shield30.9% of owners23.8%of picks
speed20.3% of owners15.6%of picks
health19.6% of owners15.1%of picks
vision9.1% of owners7.0%of picks
gadget cooldown9.0% of owners7.0%of picks

Measured across 23,904 tracked players who own this brawler. “Of owners” is how many of them have that item; “of picks” is its share of every unlock of that kind, which is what makes the options comparable with each other. A player can own several gears, so the first column does not add up to 100% and the second does. Almost all of them own both star powers and both gadgets.

Star powers

boosted booster
Increases the Damage Booster's range by 50% and boosts damage by an additional 15%.
plugged in
While near the Damage Booster, 8-Bit gains +25% Movement Speed.

Gadgets

cheat cartridge18 seconds cooldown
8-Bit instantly teleports to his Damage Booster. Cooldown: 18 seconds.
extra credits18 seconds cooldown
8-Bit fires 18 projectiles. Consumes ammo. Cooldown: 18 seconds.

Hypercharge

aimbot

8-Bit's turret now has a laser that shoot nearby enemies. Shots do 230 damage.

Buffies

cheat cartridgeGadget
Heals himself for 3600, and repairs the booster by 100%.
extra creditsGadget
These projectiles bounce to nearby enemies.
boosted boosterStar power
Every 5 sec, the Damage Booster spawns an ammo clip lasting 8 sec and reloading 1 ammo.
plugged inStar power
Teammates get a 10% Speed Boost.
aimbotHypercharge
During Hypercharge, 8-Bit gains infinite ammo and can interrupt his current Main Attack with another one.

Gears

7 equippable

speedGain 15% speed increase when moving in bushes.
healthRecover health 50% more effectively.
damageDeal 15% extra damage when your Brawler is below 50% Health.
visionReveal opponents for 2 seconds after dealing damage to them.
shieldGain extra 900 health as a consumable shield. The shield regenerates in 10 seconds, when at full health.
reload speed15% faster reload.
gadget cooldownReduces Gadget cooldown by 15%.

Performance

Win rate

52.7%

5,866 battles

Pick rate

0.9%

Last 7 days

Avg trophies

1,052

Across tracked players

Avg rank

4.3

Across tracked players

Adjusted win rate

52.7%

+2.4 pts

31 daily snapshots. Adjusted against the sample average, so a shift here is the brawler moving rather than the cohort.

Where it performs

Each mode and map is scored against its own average, so a showdown record and a gem grab one can be read in the same list.

Best modes

Best maps

Island Of FinalityWipeout · 102 battles · 86.3% raw60.5%
Big Battle BasinWipeout · 398 battles · 82.7% raw60.0%
MEGA BOSS DUO (20 player)Last Stand · 872 battles · 33.8% raw58.9%
Sneaky FieldsBrawl Ball · 104 battles · 72.1% raw58.7%
Jumpscare LairDuels · 20 battles · 95.0% raw58.6%
Bridge Too FarHeist · 1,758 battles · 62.8% raw58.3%

Matchups

Which brawlers 8-bit beats, which ones win the matchup, and who to draft alongside.

Strong against

Opponents 8-bit beats more often than its own average

Weak against

Opponents that pull 8-bit below its own average

Best team-mates

Allies 8-bit wins more alongside

Percentage points above or below this brawler’s own 50.3% win rate across 116,469 sampled team battles. Counted once per battle from one player’s side, and kept out of the win-rate and pick-rate numbers above. Those would be skewed by counting every participant.

How to counter 8-Bit in Ranked, by rank →

Top players with 8-bit

Skins

Which 8-Bit skins players actually equip, from the sampled snapshot pool.

93.0% of sampled 8-bit owners have a skin equipped. Shares are of players who own 8-bit, from the rotating snapshot sample.

ascended 8-bit25.7%6,101
piano 8-bit19.8%4,712
antivirus 8-bit18.7%4,445
haunted house 8-bit12.5%2,980
8-bitDefault7.0%1,671
8-bit classic5.2%1,234
canopic 8-bit4.0%946
v8-bit2.9%700
virus 8-bit2.0%478
saloon 8-bit1.4%339
true gold 8-bit0.4%89
true silver 8-bit0.3%66

Balance history

The last changes Supercell made to 8-Bit. Cosmetic releases are left out.

18 recorded

2026-09-01NeutralEvery Brawler's movement speed was increased, increasing 8-Bit's movement speed to 600 (from 580).
2026-09-01Nerf8-Bit's level up damage was decreased to 4% (from 8%) in Brawl Arena.
2026-08-04NeutralFixed a bug where 8-Bit's Extra Credits could be shot over walls.
2026-08-04Nerf8-Bit's Buffied Plugged In Star Power movement speed boost to allies was decreased to 10% (from 15%).
2026-08-04Nerf8-Bit's Extra Credits Gadget cooldown was increased to 18 seconds (from 15).
2026-08-04NerfThe number of hits necessary to charge 8-Bit's Super was increased to 15 (from 12).
2026-07-08Nerf8-Bit's Aimbot Hypercharge multipier was decreased to 30% (from 35%).
2026-07-08Nerf8-Bit's Boosted Booster Buffied Star Power ammo spawn time was increased to 5 seconds (from 3).

Combat stats, ability and gear descriptions, hypercharge and buffie effects, and balance history from the Brawl Stars Wiki, CC-BY-SA. Win rates, pick rates and matchups are our own.

8-Bit FAQ

Is 8-Bit good in Brawl Stars?: 8-Bit has a 52.7% adjusted win rate and a 0.9% pick rate over 5,866 sampled decided battles, which puts it in B tier.
What is the best mode for 8-Bit?: 8-Bit performs best in Last Stand, with a 33.8% raw win rate over 872 sampled battles there.
What is the best map for 8-Bit?: Island Of Finality (Wipeout) is where 8-Bit has the strongest sampled record, at 86.3% over 102 battles.
What counters 8-Bit?: Cosmo, Ziggy, Draco pull 8-Bit furthest below its own 50.3% average in sampled team battles.
Who is 8-Bit in Brawl Stars?: An arcade game famous for its brutal difficulty, 8-Bit always hated its players. Now that it's missing one of its guns, it's angrier than ever before.
What star powers and gadgets does 8-Bit have?: 8-Bit has Boosted Booster and Plugged In as star powers and Cheat Cartridge and Extra Credits as gadgets.